It also called for restraint and the avoidance of escalation as the US and UK carried out strikes on multiple targets inside Yemen belonging to the Houthi rebel group, Al Ekhbariya news channel reported. "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is closely monitoring with great concern the military operations taking place in the Red Sea region and the airstrikes that several locations in the Republic of Yemen have been subjected to," the Foreign Ministry stated in a statement. US President Joe Biden said strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen a direct response to rebels' Red Sea attacks. Australia has supported the US and UK militaries as they launched more than a dozen airstrikes against sites used by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, The Guardian reported. “The US and Britain will have to prepare to pay a heavy price” for the strikes, said the Houthis’ deputy foreign minister, Hussein Al-Ezzi.

Source: Egypt Today January 12, 2024 15:35 UTC